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the georgetown herald t wednesday evening august 7th 1946 track and field meet garden party featuregrc holiday show no one can say there s nothing doing in georgetown on a holiday with the lions dominion day weekend still fresh in mind the georgetown recrea tional council took over at the park on civic holiday to present an afternoon trade and field meet and a garden part in the evening it was the most ambitious field meet here in man years with the track lined out for the dash events jumping pits and all the trappings of a regulation meet entry for the girls was by age groups but an innovation for the men was classify ing by weights under 105 for junior under 130 intermediate and open senior the closed tugofwar event between alliance and smith stone went to the latter winning two out of fcthree and they will hold the george- town herald shield for the next year a team from the canadian legion challenged the champs in the open event but the boys had had enough for the day and the legion team will automaucajlly hold the macoonnack challenge trophj for the year unless challenged before the next g r c games although the softball tournament had been cancelled enough players from smith stone and alliance were on hand to have a game alliance won 54 and a special prize will be provided for the winners it was hard to pick out highlights among the track and field events your reporter was once again lost among the hamburgers for the greater part of the day but we hear that bill potts of kitchener was good in the senior 100 yd and edgar wilson of acton and jim cofell did some fancy polevaulting mary cummins patter son and toots murphy hurried back from buffalo to compete and pretty well controlled the senior girls events the evening garden party featured casttalking doug romalne of the ar my show and johnny perkins toronto dance band leader along with the us ual run of magician dancers and stagers at ftie conclusion of the pro gram recreational director hal new man presented cups and trophies to the winners and iotj s in place of the medals which did not arrive due to a strike in the plant which makes tfcem junior beys 75yard dash doug norton hugo tapp paul barber koyafid khlay hugo tapp team ivan huffman team frank carter team ztdnnxng high jump ivan huffman paul barber hugo tapp sttjnhxno broad jump hugo tapp ross ucoul frank carter 100yard dabh bill arnold ouff norton ivan huffman 220- yd dash bui arnold cliff norton ivan huffman 440- yd dash walter sargent a campbell cliff norton sou- yd relay bill arnolds team ddn harringtons team ivan huffman a team 440- yd relay arnold team huffman team running high jump don herrington f cliff norton n j ivan huffman pole vault cliff norton p carney running broad jump cliff norton ivan huffman benior men 100yd dash w g potts kitchener bernard gillevet new tor james cofell 220 yd dash bernard gillevet w g potts glen scott 440- yd dash bernard gillevet delly beaumont fc l brandford 60- yd bun walter sargent leo kennell messina ny ivan huffman 1 mile race john sknmersan h barry leo kennell pole vault edgar wilson aetna james cofell george coosena bonking broad jump 1 oof eo the weather by h l hutt for our civic holiday the weather was all that could be desired and now that wc have all the rtgures for july it is interesting to compare them with the normal for that month the aver age maximum temperature for the month was 79 which is only 5 below rormal the minimum or night tem perature was 50 8 which is 5 4 degrees below normal that was why we did not like to go to sleep without an ex tra blanket handy to pull up before morning the rainfall though very light dur ing the first half of the month was made up in the later days to a total of 3 15 inches just 15 more than normal growing crops now have all the mots ture they need and farmers would ap preciate fine weather for a couple of weeks for harvesting here are the local records for the past week h l rain tues jul 30 69 61 59 wed july 31 74 60 thur aug 1 67 06 20 pri aug 2 72 7 sat aug 3 79 49 sun aug 4 77 56 08 mon aug 5 78 56 we see this week that bob hoare has been added to the drivlig staff ol whltmie taxi that strikes affected the g r c track and field meet when the medals failed to arrive due to a strike at the turn which makeb them that wilsons haulage is sporting a slick new mercury truck that charlie jeffery has joined the staff at parnells store that mrs r williams won the jadio and jack kemshead the hamper of groceries offered as prizes hi the grc lucky draw on monda win ning tickets were 1483 and 4flq band concert tbxb sunday georgetown citizens proud of the record set by the lome scots band in winning first prize at the waterloo music festival last month have a treat in store for them this sunday when the band will give a concert hi the lions park beside the post office 011 mill street the concert begins at 8 15 and is sponsored jointly b the band and the georgetown lions club lets all get on the band wagorfand make sure that the centennial f nr is one uie town of georgetown and the township of ebqnesing will be proud geotgetown out of baseball picture for this year uakvulc milton posh papermakers into cellar spot in last weeks games acton milton battle for playoff berth against oakviile a vacation riddled georgetown team took it on the chin in oakviile last wednesday night to the tune of 166 when oakviile clinched top spot in the fourteam county intermediate o b a loop to end the season with eleven wins in eighteen games played with a fighting chance still for the second- playoff spot saturday a game in the park was a real heartbreaker geor getown was leading 21 in the ninth when milton tied it up and added two more in the overtime inning to come out on top it was a decisive game for either team and milton still has an uphill climb for they must win against aoton in their remaining game to gain a tie with acton- for second place the other if is the game tonight when acton pays their last visit here and can clinch second place with a win needless to say georgetown will n r marshall george baiter running hzoh jump james cofell n r marshall clare bums 12 lb shot put james cofell n r marshall george barber 440 relay bernard gulevet team bui arnold team 880 yd relay bill arnold team ivan huffman team bernard gillevet team tug op war closed smith stone alliance tug of war open canadian legion junior girl 50 yd dash jean dobbie muriel spence lily mae farmer running moh jump muriel spence joan dobbie intermediate girls 100 yd dash patsy pallister joan pugsley toronto 220 yd dash patsy paltster marie hulme runnino broad jump betty conn patsj pallis er marie hulme 220 relay bettj conn team doris herrington team 440 yd relay betty conn team doris herrington team senior girls 100 yd dash mary patterson toots murphy 220 yd dash toots murphy mary patterson runnino high jump mar patterson toots murphy running broad jump mary patterson toots murphy 440 relay mary patterson team pttsy palldster team be gunning for the tanners whose sports- wthuil scribe has been sniping at georgetow 1 all reason in his column in the fret puss lets nuke it 1 record crowd tonight in jik park to sa farewell for uita eai to a good team who would have been in the playoffs but for a few tough breaks halton intermediate o b p w l t pet oakviue 18 11 7 0 611 acton 16 8 7 1 533 milton 17 7 9 1 438 georgetown 17 7 10 0 412 games remaining tonight acton at georgetown umehouse mr fred engleby spent his holidays at cohrane and matheson rev argyle campbell formerly of keene and warsaw ont conducted services at lhnehouse on sunday in the absence of rev c c cochrane who la on holidays this month mr and mrs chas meredith miss helen meredith and mr e kara are holidaying on manltoulin island mr cliff webster and miss ruby ferguson spent the week end with the mr and mrs f c chapman of bradford penn visited miss swack- hamer recently mr and mrs w shetbourne mot ored to toronto on sunday to visit her father mr jno r scott who is in hospital there marjorle rae has been holidaying witti the miller s mr and mrs bui hall and children are holidaying at the family cottage here mr ansell of toronto is spending his holidays at the beenef the women s institute meeting in charge of home economics convenor mrs wright was held at the home of mrs kirtopatrick on thursda roil call was answered by one way to conserve food it was reported that about forty persons attended the wx picnic as guests of mr and mrs r l david son miss spncer will conduct a short course in needlecraft xkl 28th to nov 1 in the hall mesdames oisbj and klrkpatrick were appointed to look after fall pair exhibits plans were mentioned by the committee in charge of the 25th anniversarj cele bration to which some eight invita tions had already been mailed nine teen former members have passed on and there were eight two living mem bers and former members such facts are included in an anniversarj booklet now being printed current events were read by mrs gisby and by convenors of standing committees mrs h brown read the motto penny wise and pound foolish and mrs noble read a paper on con serration of food mrs kirkpatrick servedjunch to the fourteen attending the meeting mr and mrs r b stores mr clif ford storey and miss norma perkins all of toronto spent monday in lrme- bouee master peter mulder was able to re- i turn home on monday following his appendix removal in ouelnh general hospital la week miss audrey mitchell has been hol idaying m unrtmfra mrs wm r anderson mourned by many friends here it was with great sadness that the people of georgetown learned of the death 0 mrs williim r anderson who passed away suddenly in peel memorial hospital brampton on sun day august 4th following the birth of her son a few days before words cannot express the feelings of the 1 uuvy friends of this popular young couple at the great tragfcdy which has come upon a happy home the former elizabeth betty mc- gulgan was born in georgetown 26 years ago and was the daughter of mrs mcgulgan and the late mr ar thur mcgulgan she attended public ind high school here and the welter eusiness college in toronto and after graduation worked on the office staff of tin harley kaj company and the dominion seed house on may 2 142 she married william anderson at that tune a member of the cana dian army and during his absence on active service she was employed as cashier at c j bucks store a member of st georges church ef england she was actively connected with lit tennis club and the st gtores club at the church she was a member of verdun rebekah lodge surviving besides her husband and baby son art her mother and one sis ter mrs william morley florence of gait a sister mrs roy mcglll tviole preeceased hii several jear ago tht funeral was held from her mother home tni afternoon 10 st george s church where ven woo thompso 1 conducted the service mi mberb of vt rdun ftebe kali lodge attended in 1 bod and the rebekah crvicc was conducted at uie gi ivcsulc bj mrs lillian ritchie noble grand mrs edna mcgibbon v ice noble- gr uid and mrs edna spence chap lain pallbtarers were gtorgt james uid douglas sargent jim and trevor williams and george glassford stewarttown mrs c smith eleanor evalonnc ruby and mrs wlllett and mrs m clark enjoyed a motor trip last weak making in windsor leamington sarnia and detroit and uie state of ohio jeanine humphreys went to bramp ton hospital last week to have her tonsils removed she made a good re covery and is home again mr bob lawson visited ln bel wood with mrs and miss m peden last week mr harry langdon and family of texas were visitors with urn appeflm and miss e thompson mr and mrs ken harris kvalyn and her baby sister of toronto visited with mr and mrs e hodge sunday mr and mrs w huffman and baby son michael of 3t catharines spent several days with mr and mrs o smith mr and mrs h hurley and mrs dorothy perry of toronto spent last week at whitfield lodge parry sound miss dawn brigden of harrlston spent a few days holidays with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs murray brigden rr 2 oeorgetown wartime housing promises start on homes here by september fair prize list off press saturday our advance notice of the print ing of the prize list for georgetown pair last week must have been a ittle premature according to the number of inquiries received how ever onl a major breakdown will stop it coming off uie pess this saturday in its lovely pine cover especial designed for the lootb anniversary and filled with historical data plumes and tht prize list itself there are 68 page packed lull of interesting news for the lair goer and exhib itor alike in order to issue such an elab orate booklet for the centennial fair it will be necessary to make a nominal charge of 25c for each copy to cover cost of printing everyone whether you wish to ex hibit or not will want a copy of lhls souvenir progjramprize list get your copy from one of the directors or from the herald office outoftown residents may receive their copy by writing to the secre tary terra cotta mrs petch who had the misfortune ot having her arm fractured recentl ib improving nicely we are pleased to learn mr wallace is on the alck list at present miss louise bessey of stewarttown is spending a few days with her grandparents mr and mrs joeph mc bride we are pleased to learn that mr a mcdonald is on the mend and we hope soon to hear of his complete recovery mr and mrs c pitt and family have gone on a trip to klrkland lake we bespeak for them a very pleasant trip we regret the sudden passing of mr thomas andrews and extend our deep est sympathy to the bereaved widow and family threshing is now the general order of the day mr taylor is having his residence newlyshingled and is also putting new metallic siding on it when completed it will add materially to the appear ance of our main street mr and mrs john duncan and fam ily of toronto spent a few days with terra ootta friends a number from here took ln the garden party at georgetown on mon day evening and report a good time miss l laughton of toronto spent the weekend at her here f leonard white former publisher of the canadian champion milton has returned to his home in toronto after spending some time as a patient in st josephs hospital recovering from a paralytic stroke the second he has suffered in a short time council buys new town truck may purchase snow plow subject of many a discussion in council during the last few years the old town truck has been retired from service in favour of a new halfton international deluxe the new truck was purchased from scott 5 garage at last wednesdays council meeting and was delivered the following day pain ted bright red it is easily spotted as it goes about the town s business while jie old timer no longer chokes and sputters its way around town net price of the new truck to the town was 120230 after tradein allow nice for the old truck was taken purchase of the truck was passed on a recorded vote with cts goodlet and gibbons voting against it it was ear- 1 le b vote of all othei membeis pre sent cr ritchie was absent from the meeting 1 on motion of goodlet and gibbons he propertj chairman was authorized o contact scott s oarage with a view to purchasing a snow plow it wts b lieved that mr scott who has done the town snow plowing- for the last two years had no truck to do te job and it wxs none too earlj to look ahead to the winter and ensure adequate snow removal for the town other motions passed included one for the erection of a fire hydrant on papennlu road between the lower mill and the 9th line for the placing of street lights at the corner of yonge and charles streets on swing street near ernest hyde s new house and on oeorge street the fire brigade and lorne soots band were granted use o fthe party on august 3l and sep- tember istnd 2nd l ost herbert wedding at st georges gladioli and phlox decorated st georges anglican church on satur- da august 3rd where valerie marie herbert daughter of mr and mrs ar thur herbert was married to duncan clarke tost son of mrs tost and the late fred tost ven w g o thomp i son officiated given ln marriage by her father the bride wore ivorj satin with lace inserts on long lines and ringertlp veil held with heartsha ped satin headdress she carried a cascade bouquet of red roses mrs norman herbert was matron of hon our in a gown of pink flowered net with flowered headdress and shoulder length veil and carried a nosegay of mauve sweet peas her bridesmaid miss isabel dobson was gowned ln blue net and carried a nosegay of pink sweet peas normao herbert the brides brother was best man the tshers were mr maurlce herbert and mr fred tost following the ceremony the wed ding party left for the reception at the old mill toronto the bride s mother received ln a chic two piece black crepe ensemble sequin trimmed with corsage of pink roses the mother of the groom wore naw blue printed crepe with similar cor sage i for travelling the bride changed to a turquoise blue wool suit with white accessories and corsage ot gardenias following the wedding trip to muskoka the bride and groom will reetde m oeorgetown construction will start by september on the fifty veterans homes to be built on cedarvale farm property pur chased by the town last spring tbla was the message given to council at a special meeting jast wednesday night by mr j v macintosh of the architectural department of wartime housing mr macintosh had architects sket ches of the new development which will be a decided addition to the residential area of town the prop erty takes in the corner of the farm fronting the highway closest to wim and bounded on the east by the larie irto the farm houses will be built ln tow arcs with a new roadway off the highway which will be a deadend street low land ln one corner which is not suitable for building will be used as a park if the town or the occu pants of the houses see fit to put the necessary work on it the land al ready purchased bv the town at a price of 550 an acre includes about qhi acres and only 30 houses an be erected on this rather than 50 as was first anticipated to deal with this council passed a motion that erection of these 30 houses be started immediately and a further motion provided that the town solicitor negotiate with the owner for additional land to accommodate the twenty other houses an estimated thjmore acreo is needed for this the houses in the development will be built on lots having at least 7500 square feet of lend some will be of wood siding some of asbestos and the color scheme of cream white brown and grey with varying roofs of red green blue and grey blended in a har monious color scheme the lots will be seeued and landscaped with shrubs the houses are insulated with rock- wool and the average house bums from four to five tons of coal a year foundations are cement and the hou ses are said to be more of a permanent type of home than those built during the war years in answer to a question about cellars mr macintosh said that these were being placed in some projects depend ing on the prevailing rents ln the area rents are increased by 5 a month for houses with cellars and this would make the rents too high in george town the town clerk has some seventy- five applications on hand for the homes mr macintosh was unable to give any definite assurance that any or all of the houses would be ready for occupancy this year shortages and strikes have complicated the buildmg picture and even with wartime bous ing priorities some materials just are- not available tenders will be asked for in the very near future and looal contracting firms will be eligible to tender for the job fair exhibits should i planned early no doubt- you will want to exhibit at georgetowns 100th fall lair on sept 6 and 7 and with this in mind yea should plan your exhibits early this applies probably more to the ladles section than anywhere else r for if you are showing fancy work some time is required to get things ready if tt is baking you will need to save a few of those precious sugar ration coupons the directors are looking forward to the ladles supportmgb this years fair ln fine style the lady directors are working hard to make the hall display much better than former years wltti show cases being arranged for the homebaking and dressed fowl the prize list is very attractive too and win be found ln another column m tbla paper bach year more and more flower- lovers are taking advantage of the fair to show what they can grow it is hoped this section wil be increased as fine flowers help to make a fineshow while vegetables and grains have been light in previous years with an early harvest the society hopes the far mers and gardeners will help boost this part of the fair there are still man who wonder just what you have to do to enter at the fair and win some of the attrac- 1 tlve prizes offered it is all ver simple and each year there are those who earn for themselves some extra spend ing moneas well s having the sat isfaction of showing a fine specimen and entering into competition with their neighbours first you must be come a member of the esqueslng ag ricultural society this costs you 1 00 for which you can enter up to 10 ar ticles in the hall over that amount 10c will be charged for each entry last year some exhibitors won well up to 450 00 exhibiting tn the hall albne you are not only helping the fair when you exhibit but you are help ing yourself bifcrie for the hall are drought to the fair grounds on friday morning sept s where they will be arranged 1 and judged by a oompateht jodfei from outoftown